Heinlein's Juvenile Novels - A Cultural Dictionary

Informationen zum Autor C.W. Sullivan III is Distinguished Professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies. Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina. Klappentext Robert A. Heinlein's early, juvenile science fiction novels appeared between 1947 and 1963, just as America was emerging from World War II and entering the space age, and are among his richest and most warmly remembered books. This comprehensive work defines the many names, terms and cultural references that appear in Heinlein's juvenile novels, noting where they are found, explaining their sources and tracking their occurrences throughout the series. Of particular interest is the way in which Heinlein used science fiction to parallel the exploration of outer space with the settlement of the North American continent. Appendices provide a precis of the plot of each book, and speculate on some of the names and terms for which no specific reference could be found. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsHeinlein's Juvenile Novels      Preface      Introduction      THE DICTIONARY      Appendix I: Plots of Heinlein's Juvenile Novels      Appendix II: Some Speculations About Terms and Names Not Found      Works Cited

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• Authors: C. W. Sullivan, C. W. Iii Sullivan, C. W. III/ Palumbo Sullivan, C.W. III Sullivan, Charles Wm Sullivan
• Assisted by: Donald E. Palumbo (Editor), C. W. Sullivan (Editor), III C. W. Sullivan (Editor), C. W. Sullivan III (Editor)
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2011
• EAN: 9780786444632
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-4463-2
• Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy; Critical Explorations in Scien; Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies